CaviStat Toothpaste – Better than Fluoridated

It has been known since 2005 that CaviStat toothpaste works much better than fluoride at preventing dental caries, and without the risk of dental fluorosis (aka dental damage). It comes in toothpaste, gum, and lozenges. Why don’t we ever hear of dentists recommending it? It would certainly cut down on the environmental pollution water fluoridation creates.See PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16305004“The inhibitory effect of an arginine bicarbonate/calcium carbonate CaviStat-containing dentifrice on the development of dental caries in Venezuelan school children”

“CONCLUSION: A CaviStat-containing toothpaste was more effective both clinically and statistically in inhibiting caries initiation and progression than the fluoride toothpaste control…”
PMID: 16305004

1 Comment

cis on October 9, 2016 at 2:34 pm

But why on earth cannot I find any Cavistat toothpaste on sale yet?

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